Nancy Murray, the president of Arc of Greater Pittsburgh and a member Achieva, says the campaign aims to end the use of those words.

“The ‘r-word’ campaign started a few years ago by the Special Olympics. It’s an international campaign to rid the vocabulary of the word. Mental retardation is now called intellectually disabled,” said Murray.

Murray told KDKA’s Brenda Waters she knows firsthand how that single word can hurt.

“I, myself, have children with Down syndrome, so I can put myself in that place and it just hurts,” said Murray. “It hurts right down to the core when you hear someone use those words.”

Meanwhile, Casper has been offered another job with Chili’s at another location, but he decided against it saying he would not feel comfortable. He is now in the process of hiring an attorney.